Autumn 2021
Tuesday, Oct 19th: “Problem Child: Social Feminization, Abuse Etiologies, and Trans Feminine Narratives,” by Eva Pensis, PhD Candidate in Music/Theatre & Performance Studies
Discussant: Jules Gill-Peterson, Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday, Nov 2nd: “Unexpected Callings: The Rediscovery of Ancestral Spiritualities among Queer Zimbabweans,” by Raffaella Taylor-Seymour, PhD Candidate in Anthropology/Comparative Human Development
Discussant: Angie Heo, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology of Religion at University of Chicago
Tuesday, Nov 16th: “What the F**k Are You Implying (About) This Child?”: Degendering as a Childing Practice, by Yuchen Yang, PhD Candidate in Sociology
Discussant: Kate Averett, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Albany
Tuesday, Nov 30th: “Gendering Embeddedness – Trajectories out of and through Muslim Communities,” by Eman Abdelhadi, Assistant Professor of Comparative Human Development
Discussant: Saher Selod, Associate Professor of Sociology at Simmons University
Winter 2022
Tuesday, Jan 11th: “Fury at the Limits of Law,” by Agatha Slupek, Doctoral Candidate in Political Science
Discussant: Jennifer Culbert, Associate Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday Jan 25th: “‘What is a Witch?’ Tituba’s Subjunctive Challenge,” by Nathan Snaza, Humanities Coordinator, University of Richmond
Discussant: SJ Zhang, Assistant Professor of English at University of Chicago
Tuesday Feb 8th: “This is(n’t) it: Living Lateness and the Ongoingness of Archives,” by Sarah McDaniel, Doctoral Candidate in English
Discussant: Josephine McDonagh, George M. Pullman Professor of English at University of Chicago
Tuesday, Feb 22nd: “(Trans)feminine Aesthetics and the Literary Travesti,” by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Doctoral Candidate in English
Discussant: Kris Trujillo, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Chicago
Tuesday, Mar 8th: “Potential and Prevention in Gender Affirming Care for Youth,” by Paula Martin, Doctoral Candidate in Comparative Human Development
Discussant: stef shutter, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University
Spring 2022
Tuesday, March 29
“’Gender Has its Place in the Order of God’: An Analysis of the Helpmate-Head Marriage in a Black Southern Baptist Church,” by Brianne Painia, Assistant Instructional Professor of Sociology
Discussant: Omar McRoberts, Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Chicago
Tuesday, April 12 *at 12pm Central*
“‘The Assembly and The Festival,” by Silvia Fedi, Doctoral Candidate in Political Science
Discussant: Jill Frank, Professor of Political Science at Cornell University
Tuesday, April 26 *at 12pm Central*
“Sensual, Soulful, and Thick: Witnessing the Emancipatory Potential of Critical Black Love Studies,” by Paul Cato, Doctoral Candidate in the Committee on Social Thought
Discussant: Michael Gratzke, Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Dundee
Tuesday, May 10
“Repertoires of Care: Functions and Hazards of the Therapeutic in Social Movements,” by Allison Reed, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology
Discussant: Deva Woodly, Associate Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research
Wednesday, May 25 *Special Time*
“The Intimacy of Conspiracy: Democratic Erosion and the Problem of the Oikos,” by Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Discussant: Emanuela Bianchi, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at New York University